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#ADA009

#ada009 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ada009 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 62.75% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.51% magenta, 94.8% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 55.24°, with 90.11% saturation and 35.69% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.56.

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Relative luminance0.3405

Complementary

  1. #ada009
  2. #0916ad

Split complementary

  1. #ada009
  2. #0968ad
  3. #4e09ad

Analogous

  1. #ad4e09
  2. #ada009
  3. #68ad09

Triadic

  1. #ada009
  2. #09ada0
  3. #a009ad

Tetradic

  1. #ada009
  2. #16ad09
  3. #0916ad
  4. #a009ad

Square

  1. #ada009
  2. #09ad4e
  3. #0916ad
  4. #ad0968

Monochromatic

  1. #1c1a01
  2. #645d05
  3. #ada009
  4. #f3e110
  5. #f6ea59

Shades

#ada009 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada009
  2. #9c9008
  3. #8a8007
  4. #797006
  5. #686005
  6. #575005
  7. #454004
  8. #343003
  9. #232002
  10. #111001
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada009 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada009
  2. #b5aa22
  3. #bdb33a
  4. #c6bd53
  5. #cec66b
  6. #d6d084
  7. #ded99d
  8. #e6e3b5
  9. #efecce
  10. #f7f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada009 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada009
  2. #a99d15
  3. #a49a21
  4. #a0962d
  5. #9b9339
  6. #979045
  7. #928d50
  8. #8e8a5c
  9. #898668
  10. #858374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a49f7d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b09a00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4a01e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bb9488 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #af9d00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1a017 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6996c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada009 {
  color: #ada009;
}
Background
.bg-ada009 {
  background-color: #ada009;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada009 {
  border: 2px solid #ada009;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada009;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 160 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 90% 36%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada009 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada009, #68ad09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada009 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 160 9 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.56 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.71 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.15 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.93 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.65 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 11.82 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 12.30 #525ff6 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#ada009  rgb(173, 160, 9)  hsl(55, 90%, 36%)  Brass
#0916ad  rgb(9, 22, 173)  hsl(235, 90%, 36%)  Zaffre
#09ada0  rgb(9, 173, 160)  hsl(175, 90%, 36%)  Light Sea Green
#a009ad  rgb(160, 9, 173)  hsl(295, 90%, 36%)  Dark Magenta